Bug 1170886 - YaST XML serializer does not work reliably
Summary: YaST XML serializer does not work reliably
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
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Product: openSUSE Tumbleweed
Classification: openSUSE
Component: YaST2 (show other bugs)
Version: Current
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
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Assignee: Josef Reidinger
QA Contact: Jiri Srain
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Reported: 2020-04-30 06:36 UTC by Josef Reidinger
Modified: 2023-08-23 12:21 UTC (History)
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Description Josef Reidinger 2020-04-30 06:36:59 UTC 
In general issue is that YaST uses its own serializer of data to XML and back. It is used for autoyast and product profiles. Issue is that for some corner cases it does not work reliably and loose data. Example is empty xml element, nil values or non string keys.

We discussed solutions and decision is that object that goes to XML and back should be always same or exception is raises if data is invalid. This needs to adapt XML serializer and also some skelcds and system roles that uses invalid elements which was in past silently ignored.
Comment 13 Josef Reidinger 2020-09-15 07:48:08 UTC 
fixed, see above
Comment 14 OBSbugzilla Bot 2020-10-27 10:09:06 UTC 
This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1170886) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/844234 Factory / yast2-registration